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GEORGE O. TEETER, OF TEETERVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

RElN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,723, dated June 23, 1885. Application filed December 13, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. TEETER, of Teeterville, in the county of Norfolk, Provi nee of Ontario, and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and Improved Rein- Holder, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved device of simple construction for holding the reins on the edge of a dash-board.

The invention consists in a rein holder formed of a spring-metal strip having a loop formed on each end, the said loops each having a flange, D, on the free end,and the holder being secured on the top of the dash-board by a hook and nut.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a front View of my improved rein-holder. Fig. 2 isa cross-sectional elevation of the same on the line as m, Fig. 1.

A steel strip, A, is bent upward from the middle to form two open spring-loops, B, the free ends 0 of which are brought back to neanthe middle of the strip and are each provided with a short flange, D, on the end,which flanges are bent to fit on the top rod of the dash-board.

The strip A is provided at its middle with an aperture for receiving a hook,K,the shank E of which is screw-threaded, and on which a winged nut, J ,is screwed which rests upon the upper surface of the strip A.

The strip A is placed upon the top rail or rod,F,of the dash-board G, the hook D catching on the said rod, and the free ends of the loops B being on the said rod F. The nut J is then drawn up tight, whereby the middle of the strip A and the free ends of the loops B arepressed and clamped firmly on the top edge of the dash-board.

The flanges D rest on the front or rear surface of the dash-board at the top edge, and prevent the free ends of the loops B from slipping ot't' the top edge of the dash-board either toward the front or rear.

The reins are pulled in between the bottom free parts of the loops B and the top edge of the dash-board, and are thus held securely and cannot be pulled out by the horse.

' The holder can easily be secured on any dash-board, as all that is requirecl'isaholebelow the top rod or top edge for the hook K.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rein-holder, the combination of the spring-strip A, having open loops B,provided with flanges D on the ends of the hook K,and the nut J, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. A rein-holder consisting of a strip having loops 13 formed of its ends, the said loops each being provided with a flange, D, on the free end, substantially as herein shown and desoribedl OSCAR F. GUNZ, O. SEDGWIoK. 

